The medical device industry saw even more consolidation over the past year, as evidenced by Medical Design & Outsourcing‘s newest Big 100 list. It used to be that a company had to have at least $100 million in annual revenue to make it on the list. This time around, No. 100 on the list is […]

UPDATE: Now includes information from NxStage indicating that the sale was part of the process to obtain FTC clearance for its sale to Fresenius. B. Braun said today it inked a deal to acquire the NxStage Medical‘s (NSDQ:NXTM) bloodlines business, which operates under the Medisystems moniker. Bethlehem, Penn.-based B. Braun did not release any details of the […]

Surgical instrument maker Dextera Surgical and B. Braun subsidiary Aesculap said yesterday that they closed the $17.3 million deal to buy Dextera out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Redwood City, Calif.- based Dextera, formerly known as Cardica, agreed to the buyout in December 2017. The consummation Feb. 20 saw Dextera receive $13.6 million; another $2 million went into two-year escrow, $900,000 went to repay […]

This year’s flu season has been exceptionally bad – it’s already claimed the lives of dozens of kids and it’s more widespread than any other year on record, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s also making a shortage of intravenous fluids and IV bags worse than it already is. Get the […]

Baxter (NYSE:BAX) and its subsidiary Gambro filed a patent infringement lawsuit against B. Braun last week, claiming that the German medical device maker’s Omni blood purification system infringes on seven of the patents covering Baxter’s Prismaflex system. The devices are used to treat patients who have acute kidney injuries and need help filtering out the waste […]

FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb expects that the shortage of IV fluids caused by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico will improve in the coming weeks and months, according to a statement issued by the agency yesterday. The regulatory chief said that the FDA is working with manufacturers like Baxter (NYSE:BAX) and B. Braun to import products from foreign facilities into the […]

B. Braun subsidiary Aesculap agreed to pay $17.3 million to buy surgical instrument maker Dextera Surgical (NSDQ:DXTR) out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, provided no other suitors emerge. Redwood City, Calif.- based Dextera, formerly known as Cardica, said the Dec. 11 deal calls for $2 million to be put into escrow for two years to cover any indemnification […]

Researchers studying 278 patients with in-stent restenosis found that B. Braun‘s SeQuent Please paclitaxel-eluting balloon was non-inferior to Abbott‘s (NYSE:ABT) Xience drug-eluting stent when it comes to six-month minimal lumen diameter. The study’s results were touted this week at the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference in Denver, Colorado. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug […]

Medical device suppliers are light years away from the days when they merely filled orders to spec for medtech OEMs – as a visit to the upcoming DeviceTalks West will quickly confirm. From incorporating steerability into catheters to getting validation and testing done right, the companies serving the medical device industry have become specialized experts in […]

Fidmi Medical said today that it raised $2 million from B. Braun for the low-profile enteral feeding device it’s developing. The cash is slated for the completion of clinical trials and commercialization, the Misgav, Israel-based company said. “We believe that Fidmi’s enteral feeding tube will make a real difference to patients and caregivers. The investment by […]